Friday, December 1, 2006
Dreaming About God's Tithe and Our Offerrings.
I was dreaming about the tithe last night. What I got from my dream was related to the teaching that Jesus gave regarding Matthew 5 "23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift." Something which struck me about this was that Jesus was not refering to the tithe. Gift here is gr. Doron. Tithe is gr dekatow. There is much more about this to be explored, but the tenth is always God's regardless, it belongs to Him. Gifts however are not to be offerred until we are reconciled with our brother, gifts are ours to use to honor God, which we cannot do if we are harboring hatred in our hearts toward our brother. Will ponder this more.